Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter
Convection: Is heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
Density: The measurement of how much mass there is in a volume of substance
Convection Currents: The flow that transfers heat with in a fluid
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1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle
Vocabulary:
Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter
Convection: Is heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
Density: The measurement of how much mass there is in a volume of substance
Convection Currents: The flow that transfers heat with in a fluid
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Diagrams
- Convection
- Conduction
Radiation